NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The bpf node type allows Berkeley Packet Filter (see bpf(4)) filters to
be applied to data travelling through a Netgraph network. Each node
allows an arbitrary number of connections to arbitrarily named hooks.
With each hook is associated a bpf(4) filter program which is applied to
incoming data only, a destination hook for matching packets, a
destination hook for non-matching packets, and various statistics
counters.
A bpf(4) program returns an unsigned integer, which is normally
interpreted as the length of the prefix of the packet to return. In the
context of this node type, returning zero is considered a non-match, in
which case the entire packet is delivered out the non-match destination
hook. Returning a value greater than zero causes the packet to be
truncated to that length and delivered out the match destination hook.
Either or both destination hooks may be the empty string, or may not
exist, in which case the packet is dropped.
New hooks are initially configured to drop all packets. A new filter
program may be installed using the NGM_BPF_SET_PROGRAM control message.

HOOKS

This node type supports any number of hooks having arbitrary names.

CONTROLMESSAGES

This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
NGM_BPF_SET_PROGRAM
This command sets the filter program that will be applied to
incoming data on a hook. The following structure must be supplied
as an argument:
struct ng_bpf_hookprog {
char thisHook[NG_HOOKSIZ]; /* name of hook */
char ifMatch[NG_HOOKSIZ]; /* match dest hook */
char ifNotMatch[NG_HOOKSIZ]; /* !match dest hook */
int32_t bpf_prog_len; /* #isns in program */
struct bpf_insn bpf_prog[0]; /* bpf program */
};
The hook to be updated is specified in thisHook. The BPF program is
the sequence of instructions in the bpf_prog array; there must be
bpf_prog_len of them. Matching and non-matching incoming packets
are delivered out the hooks named ifMatch and ifNotMatch,
respectively. The program must be a valid bpf(4) program or else
EINVAL is returned.
NGM_BPF_GET_PROGRAM
This command takes an ASCII string argument, the hook name, and
returns the corresponding struct ng_bpf_hookprog as shown above.
NGM_BPF_GET_STATS
This command takes an ASCII string argument, the hook name, and
returns the statistics associated with the hook as a struct
ng_bpf_hookstat.
NGM_BPF_CLR_STATS
This command takes an ASCII string argument, the hook name, and
clears the statistics associated with the hook.
NGM_BPF_GETCLR_STATS
This command is identical to NGM_BPF_GET_STATS, except that the
statistics are also atomically cleared.

SHUTDOWN

This node shuts down upon receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN control message, or
when all hooks have been disconnected.

SEEALSO

HISTORY

AUTHORS

BUGS

When built as a loadable kernel module, this module includes the file
net/bpf_filter.c. Although loading the module should fail if
net/bpf_filter.c already exists in the kernel, currently it does not, and
the duplicate copies of the file do not interfere. However, this may
change in the future.